The Perks of Life at Sea

One allowance here buys 69,350 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 6 Lv 40 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Good Eats in Ishgard, returns 96,130 EXP for the same allowance, 39% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 44,930 EXP to 96,130 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 114%, so the wrong pick leaves 51,200 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 45 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 126,270 EXP per allowance, 31% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 35 rung behind tops out at 79,780 EXP.

At Lv 40 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 72,545 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 560,212 EXP, which puts this leve 4% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 460 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 559 gil.

Jerked Beef ×3 is a Lv 41 Culinarian recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 5 units of raw material and 10 crystals.

Handing that in returns 13,870 EXP and 92 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.